Editing Probabilism (section)

{{Short description|Ancient Greek doctrine of academic skepticism}}
{{for|probabilists practicing mathematical probability theory|List of mathematical probabilists}}

In [[theology]] and [[philosophy]], '''probabilism''' (from [[Latin]] ''probare'', to test, approve) is an ancient Greek doctrine of [[academic skepticism]].<ref name="runes2006">{{cite book |last=Runes |first=Dagobert D. |authorlink=Dagobert D. Runes |year=2006 |title=The Dictionary of Philosophy |series=Kessinger Publishing's rare reprints |isbn=978-1-4286-1310-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z5g0FOsGwUwC&pg=PA251 |page=251}}</ref> It holds that in the absence of certainty, plausibility or truth-likeness is the best criterion. The term can also refer to a 17th-century religious thesis about ethics, or a modern physical–philosophical thesis.